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These exposures in Dinosaur National Monument, Utah consist of structurally tilted, Jurassic- and Cretaceous-aged sedimentary rocks. At center & left is the upper Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic). At the right is a mixed siliciclastics succession: Mowry Shale, Dakota Sandstone, and Cedar Mountain Formation.

Stratigraphy: Mowry Shale (mid-Cretaceous) over Dakota Sandstone (Lower Cretaceous) over Cedar Mountain Formation (Lower Cretaceous) over the upper Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic)

Locality: Fossil Discovery Trail area (view from Carnegie Quarry), western Dinosaur National Monument, northern Uintah County, northeastern Utah, USA

See info. at: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_National_Monument" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_National_Monument</a>

Geologic map of Dinosaur National Monument:

<a href="https://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/1407/plate-1.pdf" rel="noreferrer nofollow">pubs.usgs.gov/imap/1407/plate-1.pdf</a>
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